Market insight

• How can we finance climate adaptation? Nature-based solutions to the Americas' climate change risks

  The concepts of 'natural capital' and 'nature-based solutions' are gaining attention among public and private sector issuers who can adapt to climate change and biodiversity risks with the help of green or sustainability-linked debt

  

• A coalition to combat climate change

  Carlos Sanchez, executive director for the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) and director of climate resilience finance at Willis Towers Watson's climate and resilience hub, discusses the CCRI's mission and successes to date

  

• Searching for 'Greenium'

  Is there a green pricing premium in the secondary bond market? We deconstruct data from iBoxx Global Green, Social and Sustainability Bond index to find out.

  

• Sovereign issuers dominate 2020 Latin America issuance of green, social and sustainable bonds

  Issuance of green, social and sustainable labelled debt in Latin America in 2020 has not kept pace with the extraordinary growth seen in other regions, particularly Europe.

  

• Green Bond Funds - Impact Reporting Practices 2020

  Green Bond Funds - Impact Reporting Practices 2020 is a report from Environmental Finance, supported by GB-TAP.

  

• Leading through volatility

  Randy Lack, founder and co-president of Element Markets talks to Environmental Finance about how his firm has navigated the disruption carbon and renewable fuels markets experienced in 2020

  

• Connecting green energy markets

  Jens Schumacher, managing partner of STX Group talks to Environmental Finance about how STX is working with its clients as the renewable energy revolution picks up pace on a global scale.

  

• Renewable energy's big moment

  Environmental Finance spoke with Patrick Horka, head of renewable energy solutions at South Pole about how the 'big moment' in renewable energy has arrived much faster than expected.

  

• Impact Investing - what's all the buzz about?

  Is impact finance the evolution of ESG investing? We delve deeper in to how impact finance provides investors with exposure to activities that offer targeted, measurable and positive benefit to environment and society.

  

• Aligning with the Paris Agreement: An Index Approach

  Institutional investors are under pressure to align their strategies with a maximum global temperature increase of 1.5 degrees C targeted by the Paris Agreement. We examine how they can approach this while respecting other investment constraints.